Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Meretrix according to W. M. Gabb 1864
Sister taxa: Meretrix bosworthi, Meretrix cornelli, Meretrix dalli, Meretrix decisa, Meretrix desvauxi, Meretrix gabbi, Meretrix hikoshimensis, Meretrix indica, Meretrix landesi, Meretrix macbeani, Meretrix marshana, Meretrix mortoni, Meretrix negritosensis, Meretrix neusensis, Meretrix nuttalliopsis, Meretrix persica, Meretrix pittsburgensis, Meretrix profunda, Meretrix pseudomeretrix, Meretrix shantii, Meretrix stantoni, Meretrix subimpressa, Meretrix sylvaerupis, Meretrix tularana, Meretrix uniomeris, Meretrix yoakumi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meretrix longa in the database
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